Blind Hope

The simple pleasure of watching your child get ready for school or watching the news on the television is something that 50 year-old unemployed Rodcliffe Williams has had to forfeit because of blindness.

Williams has been without sight since 2007, an unfortunate disability he wished no one would have to encounter. He revealed that one morning he woke up and felt an irritation in his eye, however when he looked in the mirror, he saw a small boil in one of his eyes.

According to Williams “I was not able to see a specialist until months after and when I eventually saw an eye specialist, I was told that something resembling catarah had formed over my eyes and there was a possibility that I would not be able to see after surgery”

He currently lives with his 16 year-old son who attends Knockalva High School in Hanover.

“Think about not being able to get a job because you can’t see, seeing your child off to school, those are just some of the simple pleasures of life that we at times take for granted until we are not able to enjoy them anymore” a saddened Williams lamented.

With no source of income and a child who needs to go to school, Williams has to depend on the kindness of a neigbour who assist with him and his son from time to time. But due to the current economic environment where expense are high and funds are few, his good Samaritan neigbour is unable to supply resources to the family on a consistently.

However, Williams is more concern about getting a stove and with getting some assistance for his son who is in need of school supplies. “My son wants to work so he can help me because of my condition, but I want him to first get an education before thinking of going to work. He likes plumbing and hopes to go to HEART Trust to further his skills, but with no money I is really hard,” a concerned father explained.

Anyone who is able to offer some assistance to Rodcliffe Williams and his son can call 886-9995 or 793-4461.